English

Verb

dilate ‎(third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.

   The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.

2. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

   • His heart dilates and glories in his strength.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
   • Shakespeare

     Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.

   • Crabbe

     But still on their ancient joys dilate.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

• dilute

Anagrams

• detail, tailed

French

Verb

dilate

1. first-person singular present indicative of dilater
2. third-person singular present indicative of dilater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater
5. second-person singular imperative of dilater

Anagrams

• déliât, détail, ladite

Latin

Participle

dīlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dīlātus

Portuguese

Verb

dilate

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of dilatar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of dilatar
3. first-person singular imperative of dilatar
4. third-person singular imperative of dilatar

Spanish

Verb

dilate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dilatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dilatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dilatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dilatar.